Prompt 1.
As the General Manager of the Norfolk Seawolves I felt obligated to tackle this particular prompt as I'll have a unique view on it others may not.
Starting the season we didn't expect to have a championship caliber team, we expected it to be a vast improvement over the previous season however not to the level that it was. Going into the draft we knew right away we needed to move on from our IA QB and that there we're a couple players we identified as must drafts.
We started off wanting to draft Zodiac and didn't even consider a #2, we were that confident that he'd fall to us and as history shows, that didn't happen. We ended up scrambling and settled on Tden, while unconventional to take an OL in the first, we knew he was open to swapping so we took him with the plan of swapping him to TE or DT. After that we knew we wanted both Zoot and Eph however we considered that there were a couple QB needy teams going ahead of us so we decided to trade with BBB to ensure we'd pick ahead of them and get Zoot. We heard it was a bit of a reach but you know what, winning the Mini means I was right. We also wanted Eph and while definitely a luxury pick as he'd be filling in at S while we still had two superstar CBs, we figured it would work and he'd move into CB the next year. This ended up being the case.
Moving forward to start the season we knew we were very underpowered offensively, we had one weapon and that was Stetson David and while he's a hell of a weapon to have, we knew it wouldn't be enough. Luckily the waiver stars aligned and Tyler Hunt sat there, staring us in the face daring us to take him and take him we did. This proved to be a massive boon, our IA RBs were handling it the best they could on the ground and our passing game instantly improved. We were rocketing ahead based solely on their play and I'll stand by my statement that they were the best receiving duo in the DSFL. However we still struggled a bit, the defense was getting gashed in the run heavily and the offense struggled to move the chains with the run game headed by two min TPE IA RBs. We ended up about 6 games in and then finally, a RB appeared on the waivers. Oskar Clark, a diamond in the rough. He was eager to learn and earn and starting off with a 4k word media piece was an absolute banger and we knew then and there, it was Mini or bust.
The offense absolutely exploded from that point forward, drives extended, deep bombs thrown. Zoot even broke the single game record for passing yards. However it was the defense that turned into the star of the show, our rookies earned greatly and we had 3 bots that were sim blessed. A lot of people assumed it was smoke and mirrors and that it wouldn't continue, because they saw the stats from the first 6 games where we didn't have our completed offense and thought we were overperforming.
Nope, the team was a complete juggernaut. We didn't have a single game where we sim tested worse than 57% and trust me, we were terrified of those games. DAL proved to be our Achilles heel all season. They just dominated us and we were praying they fell to #3 in the division. Turns out that's exactly what happened and at that point we assumed we were winning the Mini.
The game against TIJ was a nailbiter for us but we made it past and everyone was silently saying it in their heads, we won the mini. However MINN proved to be a huge scare, we got down early but pulled through in the end.
I love this team.
(660 words)
As the General Manager of the Norfolk Seawolves I felt obligated to tackle this particular prompt as I'll have a unique view on it others may not.
Starting the season we didn't expect to have a championship caliber team, we expected it to be a vast improvement over the previous season however not to the level that it was. Going into the draft we knew right away we needed to move on from our IA QB and that there we're a couple players we identified as must drafts.
We started off wanting to draft Zodiac and didn't even consider a #2, we were that confident that he'd fall to us and as history shows, that didn't happen. We ended up scrambling and settled on Tden, while unconventional to take an OL in the first, we knew he was open to swapping so we took him with the plan of swapping him to TE or DT. After that we knew we wanted both Zoot and Eph however we considered that there were a couple QB needy teams going ahead of us so we decided to trade with BBB to ensure we'd pick ahead of them and get Zoot. We heard it was a bit of a reach but you know what, winning the Mini means I was right. We also wanted Eph and while definitely a luxury pick as he'd be filling in at S while we still had two superstar CBs, we figured it would work and he'd move into CB the next year. This ended up being the case.
Moving forward to start the season we knew we were very underpowered offensively, we had one weapon and that was Stetson David and while he's a hell of a weapon to have, we knew it wouldn't be enough. Luckily the waiver stars aligned and Tyler Hunt sat there, staring us in the face daring us to take him and take him we did. This proved to be a massive boon, our IA RBs were handling it the best they could on the ground and our passing game instantly improved. We were rocketing ahead based solely on their play and I'll stand by my statement that they were the best receiving duo in the DSFL. However we still struggled a bit, the defense was getting gashed in the run heavily and the offense struggled to move the chains with the run game headed by two min TPE IA RBs. We ended up about 6 games in and then finally, a RB appeared on the waivers. Oskar Clark, a diamond in the rough. He was eager to learn and earn and starting off with a 4k word media piece was an absolute banger and we knew then and there, it was Mini or bust.
The offense absolutely exploded from that point forward, drives extended, deep bombs thrown. Zoot even broke the single game record for passing yards. However it was the defense that turned into the star of the show, our rookies earned greatly and we had 3 bots that were sim blessed. A lot of people assumed it was smoke and mirrors and that it wouldn't continue, because they saw the stats from the first 6 games where we didn't have our completed offense and thought we were overperforming.
Nope, the team was a complete juggernaut. We didn't have a single game where we sim tested worse than 57% and trust me, we were terrified of those games. DAL proved to be our Achilles heel all season. They just dominated us and we were praying they fell to #3 in the division. Turns out that's exactly what happened and at that point we assumed we were winning the Mini.
The game against TIJ was a nailbiter for us but we made it past and everyone was silently saying it in their heads, we won the mini. However MINN proved to be a huge scare, we got down early but pulled through in the end.
I love this team.
(660 words)